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Two men / that wolde han passed ouer see [¶ Adhuc de sompnio]
ffor certeyn cause / in to a fer contree
If that the wynd / ne hadde been contrarie
That made hem / in a Citee for to tarie
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That stood ful myrie / vpon an hauen syde
But on a day / agayn the euen tyde
The wynd gan chaunge / and blew right as hem leste
Iolif and glad / they wente vn-to hir reste
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And casten hem / ful erly for to saille
¶ But herkneth / to that o man / fil a greet meruaille
That oon of hem / in slepyng as he lay
Hym mette a wonder dreem / agayn the day
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Him thoughte / a man stood by his beddes syde
And hym comanded / þat he sholde abyde
And seyde hym thus / if thou tomorwe wende
Thow shalt be dreynt my tale is at an ende
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¶ He wook / and tolde his felawe what he mette
And preyde hym / his viage to lette
As for that day / he preyde hym to byde
¶ His felawe / that lay / by his beddes syde
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Gan for to laughe / and scorned him ful faste
No dreem quod he / may so myn herte agaste
That I wol lette / for to do my thynges
I sette nat a straw / by thy dremynges
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ffor sweuenes / been but vanytees and Iapes
Men dreme al day / of Owles / or of Apes
And of many a maze / ther-with-al
Men dreme of thyng þat neuere was ne shal
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But sith I see / that thou wolt heere abyde
And thus forslewthen / wilfully thy tyde
God woot it reweth me / and haue good day
And thus / he took his leue / and wente his way
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But er þat he hadde / half his cours yseyled
Noot I nat why / ne what myschaunce it eyled
But casuelly / the shippes botme rente
And shipe and man / vnder the water wente
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